How to Prune a Lime Tree - Vargas Landscaping Presents
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
- Hi, how are you doing! Pura Vida, here is the Tico again.
I have some more good knowledge for you.
Today I will be pruning a lime tree. I’m going to do a little bit of canopy reduction.
We aren’t going to thin out the tree that much because it doesn’t need it.
It could be like this for one or two more years.
I’m going to start looking for water growth or suckers.
Suckers are branches that grown from the bottom of the tree.
Water growth, or “air growth” grows out from another branch of the tree.
The sucker grows from the trunk of the tree and you cut it from the collar or ridge of the branch.
All the cuts are at the collar of the branch and I keep repeating it because it’s important to make the right cut.
In each leave, there is a little collar in there where you need to cut.
Not only are the collars on big branches but they are on the small branches.
Cut just above the leave.
By pruning, we direct the growth of the branches. We direct the growth of the future branches.
You stimulate a dormant bud when cutting a branch so think of which way you want the branch to go and cut to direct the branch.
We will do some canopy reduction. Cut the crossing branches and cut the water growth.
Even if there are limes on the branch, it’s okay to cut it.
Cut the branches so it’s in a symmetric shape.
Remember not to leave stubs!
Follow the water growth all the way down to the collar of the branch.
This is all that we need to cut on this tree. This tree has very good branches to produce flowers and fruit. We want this tree to continue this size of canopy. The trees around it have room to go.
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I just got a dwarf mexican lime tree. It's a baby and I'm so excited. Gracias por el video, señor Vargas 🙏🏽
I'm very happy for you, best of luck!! De nada y gracias por ver y comentar, PeruChris!
Extremely helpful. Summarizes everything in a simple way - cut off the water shoots and at the collar and cut the branches off the top to make it flower and give it a better shape. Thank you
Great summary. I am so happy to hear it was helpful to you! 🙌
We just inherited a mature Mexican Key Lime tree in our new house and I had zero knowledge about any type of tree. Gracias señor Vargas, now I have good knowledge about my tree 👍
That is great to hear! I hope it gives you many, many limes!! Pura Vida!
I have a small lime plant. It produces very small buy very tasty limes. I live in a cold climate so I bring it in the house in the fall. Thank you for the lessons on how to prune it properly. I hope it eventually grows to be a very lovely little lime tree.
Good! Thanks for sharing!
This man is a treasure.
Thank you for sharing your wisdom with us all.
So nice of you. Thank you for your support! Pura Vida!
Straight forward, and informative, like i was learning on the first day on the job or something. Which is how these kind of videos should be. Thank you.
Thank you for the feedback, any other trees or plants you would like to see pruned, please let me know. Pura Vida!
Heck yes este seńor si sabes. This dude knows what he is talking about.
Thank you senór!! I’ve been talking for almost 70 years! 😆
makes bushy lime tree, clean cut 😃 👍 👏 Thanks for sharing! 😊
You’re welcome! Have a great day!
Thanks for the upload will try to prune it right
Pura vida don Ismael, muy buen video! Saludos desde Cartago
Beautiful Cut Fruit Tree 👍🏼
Thank you!
Thank you
Respect from Africa 🇿🇦
Thank you, Pura Vida!
Gracias Senior, I paid attention to your instructions and I will do this to my key lime tree soon. Amazing job 🙏🏽
Amelia, thank you for watching my video. I am happy you will do this to your lime tree soon. Please stay tuned and let me know if there is a tree/shrub you need advise on pruning.
@@VargasLandscapingPresents thank you so much. I will pay attention sir. Blessings
It’s called sucker because they “suck “ energy from the tree , draining the nutrients from the fruit bearing branches
Smart
Thank you Joshua! I actually don't take cuttings but I recommend you ask your local nursery for lime tree recommendations in your zone.
Thank you Mr. Vargas! Extremely valuable knowledge
Awesome video! Will be pruning tomorrow, thanks!
LifeIsScience1 Thank you! Hope your pruning went well!
Thank you sir.
Every Garden should have a Citrus, a fig, grapes, olives and a mulberry. Trim the mulberry hard or only the birds will feast
Good tips. Tuanis!
Great video learned alot thank you
Great to hear, thank you for learning with me! Pura Vida!! 🙌
Nice information about 🍋
You can basically prune however you want, but thanks for the informative video
Great video sir.....
Thank you very much, I hope it helps you. Have a wonderful day!
Very good video! Great information on the direction of growth.
Thank you for the comment. I appreciate your support. 🙌
Nice ❤️👍.
Thank you!
Thank you
🙌Thank you for your comment!
Pura Vida!
Good fellow
Pura vida
Thank you Sir,I've learned alot
Thanks for letting me know, Bill!
If you have any specific questions or plants you want to see pruned, please let me know. I hope to make more videos this summer.
Good information. Hey I could see white flies nest at 5:15 of your video!
Thank you!
Thank you teacher !
haha, you're welcome, Craig! Let me know if you have a specific kind of plant that I can make a pruning video to help you.
Gracias. Vale la pena hacer el mismo video en espanol.
Gracias por la sugerencia!
Pinches espanoles culeros.
Muchas gracias 🙏
Grateful!
Thank you, I hope I can help you. 🙂
Wow 🤩
Very informative. Thank you, Mr. Vargas.
I am curious of one thing. Why are there no thorns on the branches?
Because a week before a cut all the Thorns!
I’m just kidding. 😆 There are a variety of Mexican limes that are thornless. Regular Mexican Key limes have too many thorns. Bearss limes usually don’t have as many thorns as Key Limes.
I guess I have the thorny one.
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So helpful! Gracias! 🙏🏼
Aye pura vida senor! Cuando tiene lime tree con thorns..cuales el metido por pruning? Muchas Gracias!
Con mucho cuidado! 😆 Lo mismo que se muestra en el video pero podrías usar guantes.
From what you said, pruning should be done about one eighth inch to a quarter inch above the leaf so the dormant bud just above the leaf will be encouraged to grow. Also depending on the side the dormant bud is determines the direction the new growth will take. Is that correct? I have a small key lime tree that I grew from a seed from my mother's key lime in Puerto Rico. I have babied the tree and it is now about five feet tall in a large container. I just noticed a couple of weeks ago that the tree is growing flowers. Unfortunately it gets down in the 20's here in north Florida so I have it on a small mover's cart so I can wheel it out to get sun when it is warm enough and wheel back in to protect it when the temperature is going to drop. I am not planning to trim it while it is flowering. I friend tried doing that with her lime tree and she thinks it caused it to drop all the flowers and the small fruits it was producing. Can the small limbs growing low on the trunk be pruned now while its flowering safely? Or should I wait till the tree is not producing? Gracias por la enseñanza.
Hi henry, one eighth or one sixteenth away from the bud, close to the collar of the branch. It should be more of a straight cut, slightly angled so the water will slide better from the cut. If the leaf is to the outside of the canopy, the bud will grow in that direction. If the leaf is to the left or right, it will go that direction. The best option is to cut where the branch is going to the outside or the sides, so the leaves would be to the outside or the side. It's better to wait, don't do cutting of any lower branches. Wait until the fruit is at least 1/4 inch large. Also, do not fertilize when the tree is flowering or the fruit is small. It will drop the flowers or fruit. If the tree is blooming small fruit, don't more it from one side to the other or it could trigger stress on the tree which will provoke the dropping of the flowers. Keep enough water but not too much...not too wet, not too dry. Thank you for your question!
Thank you for your great video, Mr. Vargas! I’ve a lime tree, about 3 feet tall, growing in a large pot. I’ve had it for about 5 years and it’s doing well. I’ve two questions for you. #1 I’m about to cut it back to bring it indoor for the coming cold weather. Q: Do I prune it evenly (top, sides, bottom)? Or do I want to try to maintain the height (which is about 3 feet now)? #2 My plant has never shown any sign of flowering. Why? How do I encourage flowering for fruits? Is it possible that it’ll never grow fruits? Muchas gracias!
Hi Iris, can you tell me what climate/location you are in so I have a better understanding of the weather please? It could be that your tree needs more sunlight.
Vargas Landscaping Presents Hi Mr. Vargas - I’m in Maryland, USA. It’s Fall season now and then Winter. I leave the plant outdoor during the Summer. Other seasons, I’ll bring it indoor and outdoor, depending on the outside temperature (out - when it’s above 60 degrees F, and in - when it drops below 60 degrees F). Whether it’s indoor or outdoor, the plant is always positioned facing the South (which has the most sunlight).
@@irislats8486 I was hoping he’d answer you because I have the similar problem, any luck with your tree?
Will the suckers produce fruit if you propagate them into another plant? Gracious from New Orleans🍋🎭🍋
I would not recommend to reproduce the sucker. The genetics of the suckers are not adapted to grow directly in the soil. When we propagate asexually, we use root stocks that are more resistant to soil conditions and diseases. But If you choose to reproduce a sucker, it could be okay or the root system may be invaded by fungus, insects or other pathogens. They may eventually produce fruit.
@@VargasLandscapingPresents Thank you for the videos and advice. The best of health to you and yours sir.
Mr Vargas, my lime tree is a medium size. It was already growing small limes, But then it stopped growing limes and it lost a lot of its leafs and at the same time started flowering everywhere. I cut off all the dry branches and now the leaves are growing back but no flowers or limes. What kind of fertilizer or bug pesticides should I use?
Can you tell me where your located and what the weather is like. It could need more sun, more fertilizer, less fertilizer, more water, less water.
Are there bugs in it now?
I don’t understand the cut that you make for direction. Both were cut at an angle and the same way/direction. Did you mean don’t to cut it lower where the branch doesn’t curve yet or on the top where the branch is already curving towards the canopy? Thanks in advance
I think he cut at the collar. So the direction of new bud follows the leave’s direction before the cut.
Mr. Vargas, I am growing a lime tree inside but in the summer I place it outside in a pot. There has been pretty green leaves but no limes. Is there anything I can do to promote limes? I'm in Georgia in the 7b growing area.
Hi Rashia, Citrus needs heat and full sun to grow healthy. If you keep it inside where it doesn't get enough sunlight or artificial heat, it won't do as best as in a natural environment like Florida, Costa Rica. lol If it's a Mexican lime, it's more difficult to have a good crop. If it's a bearrs lime, after 3 or 4 years it starts producing fruit...if it's growing in a healthy environment.Bearss lime does do better than Mexican lime. Citrus are not for cold weather, it limits tree to produce flowers and fruit. Thanks for asking and good luck!
If u pick te lemon, do i cut the litle branch it hangs from, the little stem it hangs on
excellent thing to do
Not necessarily. It’s not good to pull the lemon because it may hurt the skin of the lemon. That may cause the lemon to get fungus. “The petiole is a stalk that attaches a leaf to the plant stem.” I recommend to cut a little bit of the petiole.
Thank you Herman! Pura Vida!
We have a lime tree that gives limes all year long and has no seeds. Do you have any recommendations on how to propagate a stem or branch?
The best way to propagate will be by grafting. It’s like the Washington navel. It has no seeds so they use grafting. Another process is air layering or soil layering.
I don’t have a video of that but maybe I’ll make one soon. For now, I suggest you look into those as I’ve seen some videos about them on UA-cam.
Are you familiar with those processes?
You didnt explain if you were cutting the suckers from the bottom of the tree was because they were from the root stock or not.
Not from the root stock, no, just suckers. Thanks for following up!
That is a good question because any suckers that come from the root stock isn’t going to produce quality fruit. The root stock has more resistance to fungus, bacteria and other pests in the soil. Also, many times, the root stock -a specific root stock -should have a good match with the scion.
Me acabo de mover y hay un árbol de limon muy alto, puedo cortar el tronco principal porque esta nuyyyy alto, no hay ranas en ese tronco, solo asta arriba ..Si vuelve a crecer? No lo quiero matar..
Si el tronco crece desde abajo sin ramas laterales, cortarlo no es lo mejor. Los limoneros o los cítricos podrían requerir una poda severa. Si hay algunas ramas laterales, córtelas hasta donde crezcan las últimas ramas laterales. Si no le dio un lateral, córtelo a 4 pies del suelo y el árbol generará un nuevo crecimiento. encontrar un nudo. Intenta cortarlo por encima de un nudo del árbol. Dale al árbol mucha agua y fertilizante orgánico.
Mr Vargas, I have a baby lime tree in my yard, it has been sat in the soil for about 4 months, how often should i prune it?
If it's 4 months, the tree doesn't need any pruning now. The tree needs all those branches to produce food to develop future branch structure or canopy of the tree. Stake the tree to keep it growing in a vertical position to build a balanced canopy. Don't cut any branches because the tree is small. You can put some organic fertilizer like worm casting and needs fertilizer high in phosporous (6, 24, 24) to help the tree develop a healthy strong root system.
Hi plz advise , I’ve planted spanish Blume seeds , the tree grew , no lime as yet, Why is it so , Thank You
How old is the tree? Most time trees planted by seed would produce after 5 or 7 years. If the tree is grafted it could produce after the first year.
Since it's rainy season here in my place is it advisable to prune my citrus trees,how many times will i prune my citrus trees ,hoping for your reply/advice thanks.
Hello! It will be nice to know what country you live in to know how dry the area is but in general, when pruning any citrus tree if the summer is too hot, it’s not convenient to prune trees. The sunlight can damage the bark. Also in summer time it’s not recommended to open the canopy too much.
If it’s too cold, citrus doesn’t like the cold temperature. Don’t make cuts or prune lime trees. Wait did the temperature around 40-50. Not too cold because cold weather could damage the frozen tissue and stress the tree to the point where it can die. I believe the rain won’t affect the health the tree at all.
Use common sense about how often you prune- if the temperature is about 50-60, it should be pruned 3 times a year but not heavy pruning. Once a year heavy pruning is okay then maintenance pruning to remove suckers and dead branches. All kinds of citrus doesn’t need heavy pruning, just remove heavy branches and suckers. Don’t remove most of small branches because those send the flowers and fruit to the branches. You can cut the branches to promote air circulation in the tree. Hope this helps!!
@@VargasLandscapingPresents hi blessed Sunday morning sir,i'm living here in the rocky mountains of northen Philippines thanks for your reply,by the way sir my citrus trees were from seeds,can i apply air pruning for my lemon tree thanks again.
Hi Mr Vargas! I would like to prune my limes into a hedge about 6feet tall, but I do still want to get limes. What would be the best way to keep a hedge shape - the same as this video branch by branch? I'm going to guess you won't want me to use a hedge trimmer 😊
If you really need to build it as a hedge, from one end to the other end, thin it out in the center. . Do that with hand clippers. That way you have open space for the lateral branches to grow and produce fruit for you and it keeps the size a little thick in case you need privacy. If you don’t need privacy, open the perimeter of the canopy.
@@VargasLandscapingPresents thank you!
En español porfavor
Hello. I am a new subscriber in zone 8A. I
Have 3 lemon trees and 2 orange trees in nursery pots. What is the best fertilizer to use for them,
Any nursery will have a citrus tree fertilzer.
@@sandieguitoadult I agree...ask your local nursery what they recommend for your zone. You could also get a soil sample but the first one may be quicker and more effective!
Send me some cuttings please🙏
Hello, how long does it take to produce fruits grown from seeds???
It depends of the temperature and the zone the tree is growing. If it’s too cold, it will affect the growth. In warm or normal weather, a citrus growing from seed will take about 5-7 years to produce fruit.
No señor tienes k cortar todo lo seco y entresacarlo para k el arbol crezca y después despuntarlo y fertilizar muy mal video
Gracias por tus comentarios. Mi consejo se basa en los principios de la poda que aprendí junto con mi experiencia de los últimos 50 años en la agricultura.
Very well explained 👍
I planted a lemon seed about 6 years ago I currently have it growing in a 40" box it is thriving with beautiful foilage but I have never gotten any fruit. Can you do a video on how to encourage fruit growth? Will my tree ever grow fruit? Just subscribed thanks!!
Hi, what kind of lemon is it? What area do you live in? Is the tree exposed to direct sunlight? A lot of shade will prevent the tree from growing fruit at an early age. Let me know some more info and I’d be happy to make a video. When a tree grows in a container, the soil dries faster because the entire root ball is exposed to direct sunlight. Can you send me a photo of it too? Papatico3@aol.com
To increase fruit production, in summer time, water persistently. Don’t water one week and wait a month. Water twice a week in summer. In winter time, don’t water - just be sure soil is moist. If it’s raining, no water. If no rain, water it.